On the evening of Tuesday June 3rd the winners of the 2014 Designpreis Halle were announced at a ceremony in the town's historic Stadtbad public bath. Premièred in 2007 the Designpreis Halle is an international tri-annual design competition which in every edition asks designers to submit entries related to a particular theme. Following on from "Electricity" in 2007 and "Travel" in 2010 the 2014 theme was.... Water. A subject that in the juries opinion was best handled by Cologne based
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This coming Sunday sees the awarding of the 2010 Designpreis Halle. We know. Designpreis. Halle. And no its not for the most passé tag scrawled with an Edding on the side of a deserted tenement. For despite all stereotypes and preconceptions about "Chemie Halle", scratch below the centuries of industrial pollution on the buildings you will find some true talent on the Saale. One reason is Burg Giebichenstein, an art and design college that regularly produces high quality graduates.
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